Film-case.



'5. A. RUPERT" VHLM CASE.

APPLlCATlON FILED AUG-3. 1916 L%L% mmm .my 3, ww.

EEVARD A. RUPERT, 0F ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON.

FILM-CASE.

Application filed August 3, 1916.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, EDWARD A. RUPERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Grays Harbor and State ofliVashington, have invented a new and useful Film-Case, of which thefollowing is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a shipping case for use in transportingmoving picture films, one of the objects of the invention being toprovide a fireproof shipping case having means therein whereby the airwithin the case can be kept in a moist condition, thus to prevent thefilm from becoming brittle and unfit for use.

A further object is to provide a shipping case of this type which can beeasily carried from place to place and which, when closed, seals thecontents of the case against the action of heat and from outsidemoisture.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in thccombination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case.

Fig. 2 a vertical section therethrough.

.E 3 is a horizontal. section, the film reels being removed, saidsection being taken on the line 3 3 Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the case online 4 4 E 3.

`Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates arectangular box or case preferably made with its bottom and walls formedof inner and outer thicknesses 2 and 8 of sheet metal between which isarranged insulating material shown at Il. An arcuate false bottom 5 isarranged within the casing and is soldered or otherwise secured at itscenter, upon the bottom of said lining 2. This false bottom providessubstantially triangular spaces G in the lower bottom portion of thecase and formed within the false bottom and opening into thesecompartments or spaces are slots 7 in which Specication of LettersPatent.

Patented July 3?, lltlll?. senai no. 112,991.

are detachably mounted closure strips S. Each of these strips has aseries of openings 9 therein, said openings being partly closed by astrip of wire fabric indicated at 10, said fabric being held in place byfolding the marginal portions of the strip inwardly as indicated at 11.These inwardly folded portions are then bent outwardly to provideretaining flanges 12 and 13, the flange 12 being much wider than theflange 13 and said flanges being designed to engage the opposedlongitudinal walls of the slots 7. As shown particularly in Fig. 4e thestrips S can be slid upwardly to disengage the flange 13 from theadjoining wall of the slot 7, whereupon the strip can be tilted upwardlyto disengage flange 13 from the opening 7 after which flange 12 can bewithdrawn from the other wall of the opening 7. Thus the strip can bereadily placed or removed from position to give access to the space 6.Each of the spaces (iis designed to be lled with an absorbent materialindicated at 13 and which material is adapted to be saturated with aliquid suitable for use in maintaining the air in the case in a moistcondition.

rThe lid 27 of the case is also made of inner and outer thicknesses ofmetal separated by a packing 28 of insulating material. The baelrportion of the lid is adapted to rest upon the back wall of the casowhile flanges 29 extend from the front and side walls of the lid orcover and are adapted to rest on the corresponding walls of the case,the cover being extended between the side walls as will be apparent byreferring to Eig. 2. A hinge strip 30 is secured across the back portionof the cover and has end ears 31 which are pivotally connected as at141-. to the side walls of the case. A handle 15 is .mounted upon themiddle portion of the cover and mounted for rotation within the coveradjacent the front edge thereof is a stem 16 having a head 17 providedwith a depending flange 18. A notch 1f) is provided in this flange andis adapted to receive one end of a spring tongue 2O secured to the cover27 and which thus serves to hold the stem against rotation. Stem 16projects below the cover into a guide 21. carried by said cover andslidably mounted in this guide is a bolt 22 having a slot 23, one wallof which is provided with rack teeth 24. Stem 1G projects into the slot23 and has teeth 25 thereon meshing with the teeth 24.

Thus when the stem is rotated in one direction bolt 22 will be projectedinto a recess 26 formed in the front wall of the case 1 While, when thestem is rotated in the opposite direction said bolt will be retractedfrom the recess. The spring tongue 20 is designed to hold the head 17against rotation while the bolt 22 is in its projected position.

The interior proportions of the case are such that any desired number ofreels R may be held therein, the curvature of the false bottom 5corresponding substantially with that of the periphery of each reel.

After the material 13 has been saturated' and placed in the lower cornerportions of the case, the strips 8 can be slipped into place and thereels can then be placed in the case and the cover secured. As long asthe cover is in position the contents of the case will be protected fromheat and outside moisture but the air contained within the case will bekept moist by the material contained under the false bottom. Thus thecase can be used for shipping reels considerable distances withoutdanger of their becoming aiected by climatic conditions or being injuredby fire or water.

The upper portions of the false bottom, which are also spaced from thewalls of the case, are preferably formed with openings 32 whereby acirculation of moist air will be set up through the openings 7 and 32.

Vhat is claimed is l. A shipping case for moving picture iilms,including insulating walls, a false bottom secured in the case andhaving slots therein opening into spaces in the lower corner portions ofthe case and below the false bottom, an absorbent material insertiblethrough the slots and in said spaces, and a t'oraminous closureremovably mounted across each slot.

2. A shipping case for moving picture hns, including insulating walls, afalse bottom secured in the case and having slots therein opening intospaces in the lower corner portions of the case and below the falsebottom, an absorbent material insertible through the slots and into saidspaces, a closure removably mounted within each slot and having screenedapertures, and a cover upon and adapted to seal the case.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. RUPERT.

Witnesses:

E. E. BONER, Tnos. C. Fox.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing`the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

